Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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